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Is NBC's Parent Company Doing Business With Iran? (Bill O'Reilly)
Foxnews ^ | 1/11/08 | Bill O'Reilly

Posted on 01/11/2008 1:15:09 PM PST by scottdeus12

Is General Electric, the parent company of NBC, doing business with Iran? And did they do business with the bin Laden family after 9/11? That is the subject of this evening's "Talking Points Memo." Now you may remember former NBC correspondent John Hockenberry. He competed against us on MSNBC for a while and reported stories for "Dateline NBC," winning some awards. In this month's edition of Technology Review, a publication put out by MIT, Mr. Hockenberry makes a very disturbing charge. "In early 2002, [I] was in Saudi Arabia covering regional reaction to September 11. We spent time on the streets and found considerable sympathy for Usama bin Laden among common citizens. We wanted to speak with members of Usama bin Laden's family about their errant son's mission to bring down the Saudi government and attack the infidel West. We couldn't reach the bin Ladens using ordinary means... but GE had long done business with the bin Ladens.

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1 posted on 01/11/2008 1:15:11 PM PST by scottdeus12
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The US Dept.of Commerce and the State Dept.do allow commerce with Iran if it is for humanatarian purposes (sanitation, medical....)

Odd, eh?

2 posted on 01/11/2008 1:21:06 PM PST by llevrok (Drink your beer, damnit! There are sober people in Africa!)
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To: scottdeus12

I saw this segment last night...the folks, especially in Upstate NY, will be furious if true.


3 posted on 01/11/2008 1:34:05 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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